Installing Carpet Transition Trim Video

Mark Donovan of HomeAdditionPlus.com shows how to install carpet transition trim between vinyl and carpet flooring.

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• Install
• Carpet
• transition
• trim
• vinyl
• flooring

[HomeAdditionPlus]

Pre-drill the holes and then apply screws.

[azubile]

In the Flooring business for 25 + yrs here and there are a couple of things that can

attribute to this but the main reason this occurs is due to the fact that generally,

there is not a piece of Tack strip that backs up against the existing metal here.

This is "Clampdown" metal with existing pins that help hold the carpet when stretched into it but do not rely on just those pins to hold. Always back up with a piece of task strip to reinforce it ....

[carpetcarevideos]

cool use of the transitio board, nice job.

[TheDavidshanker]

easy way to ripup carpet use the ripper

[citizncain]

I install carpet. What you can also do is prie up that metal with with a flat head screw driver. then with a carpet kicker. kick it up to it. cut excess off , push it back in the metal then just hammer it back down.

[classicgreats]

I agree with sethdove. My situation is concrete under the screws. I think I'll just hammer down a carpet tack board and screw into that.

[hfcleo]

if your fixing to the existing metal Transition, then use needle point screws.

If replacing, and fixing to tiles or concrete, then measure where the plugs are, mark on timber and screw. If onto a timber substrate, then nails will suffice. but screws can still be used. cheers.

[bimoakiona]

You decide if you want to use screws or nails, but almost always you would use screws, so you won't have hammer marks on the transition piece. Yes, you can drill your holes first (counter sunk) then use your screws. Wood or Masonary screws are used depending on your subsurface.

[sethdove9]

Everyone always leaves out the most important information, namely: what do the screws and nails go into? Are they drilled? I'd like to see THAT part of an install.